The Hebrew newspaper Haaretz said on Thursday that the two assassinations that took place within less than seven hours in Beirut and then in Tehran somewhat restored Israel's image of deterrence and initiative.

The newspaper saw in a report by its military correspondent Amos Harel that the two operations will bring the Middle East closer to a comprehensive regional fire, and it seems that Israel is ready to take risks in order to break the cycle of exhaustion in which it has fallen in front of Iran and its agents in the past few years, he said.

He added: The operation in the southern suburb put Hezbollah in a dilemma, the response must be without dragging Lebanon into war, and in Iran, it was a surprise to them that a figure like Haniyeh was assassinated on its territory, which puts it in a bigger dilemma as well, and it seems that the response from both sides will be delayed a little, which will put Israel in a game of nerves for several days.

He pointed out that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pursuing a long-term war of attrition, which will frustrate efforts to overthrow his government, delay his criminal trial, and enable the coup to be re-enacted through the back door.

He pointed out that Netanyahu sought from the beginning to thwart the prisoner exchange deal, and the operation against Haniyeh may be the beginning of achieving that, but a regional war is what Yahya Sinwar also hopes for, as he wants to continue the fighting and the expansion of the war benefits him, according to Harel.

In another report in the newspaper, Haaretz said that Haniyeh's assassination puts the prisoner swap deal at risk.

She added: If Israel was behind the assassination of Haniyeh, it preferred that it take place in Tehran rather than Doha, Ankara or Cairo, the capitals he used to travel between.

She saw the Iranian capital as the weakest link among those capitals, especially since she did not want to sabotage her relations with other countries.

She said: Haniyeh's assassination came as a figure who was not influential in the negotiations because he could not succeed in pressuring Sinwar and changing his positions.

She added: It is not known how the assassination of Haniyeh will affect the deal, but what is certain is that Sinwar does not care about that as long as he is the one who controls the decision regarding the Israeli prisoners, and therefore the assassination of Haniyeh was not necessary at this stage.

In a third report, the newspaper said that Netanyahu is currently in his strongest political state after the recent series of assassinations, starting with the assassination of Mohammed Deif and ending with what is attributed to Israel as the assassination of Haniyeh in Tehran.

She added: The recent assassinations were exciting intelligence and were important achievements, but their impact on the reality of the war will not be great.

She continued: After the celebrations are over, we will see ourselves in our place: Hamas will remain and will not disappear and will continue to rule Gaza as long as there is no clear plan for the day after the war. Hezbollah will continue to crush the northern front as long as an agreement is not reached that will push it beyond the Litani, and most importantly, there are more than 100 Israelis still in Gaza who have not returned.